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Behold the power of God in the Psalms!

The future proves the past.

Psalm 6:

Prayer for Recovery from Grave Illness

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

6 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy anger,

nor chasten me in thy wrath.

2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;

O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

3 My soul also is sorely troubled.

But thou, O Lord—how long?

4 Turn, O Lord, save my life;

deliver me for the sake of your merciful love.

5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee;

in Sheol who can give thee praise?

6 I am weary with my moaning;

every night I flood my bed with tears;

I drench my couch with my weeping.

7 My eye wastes away because of grief,

it grows weak because of all my foes.

8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil;

for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.

9 The Lord has heard my supplication;

the Lord accepts my prayer.

10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and sorely troubled;

they shall turn back, and be put to shame in a moment.

Behold the power of God in the Psalms!

The future proves the past.

Psalm 53:

Denunciation of Godlessness

A Maskil of David.

53 The fool says in his heart,

“There is no God.”

They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;

there is none that does good.

2 God looks down from heaven

upon the sons of men

to see if there are any that are wise,

that seek after God.

3 They have all fallen away;

they are all alike depraved;

there is none that does good,

no, not one.

4 Have those who work evil no understanding,

who eat up my people as they eat bread,

and do not call upon God?

5 There they are, in great terror,

in terror such as has not been!

For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly;

they will be put to shame, for God has rejected them.

6 O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion!

When God restores the fortunes of his people,

Jacob will rejoice and Israel be glad.